From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from www.linux.org.uk (parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk [195.92.249.252]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7A6F482A for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 08:28:30 -0700 (MST) Received: from willy by www.linux.org.uk with local (Exim 3.33 #5) id 16M9nA-0006bl-00; Thu, 03 Jan 2002 15:28:28 +0000 Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 15:28:28 +0000 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Christian Suder Cc: Nick Papadonis , parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] DISREGARD 0.9.3 installer didn't set 712 bootable Message-ID: <20020103152828.C23472@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <20020101203848.1634246f.csuder@cisco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20020101203848.1634246f.csuder@cisco.com>; from csuder@cisco.com on Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 08:38:48PM -0800 Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 08:38:48PM -0800, Christian Suder wrote: > The standard fdisk utility in Linux is pretty PC-ish, so you can only have > 4 primary partitions. However you can create one of them as "extended" > partition, and within this partition you can create additional ones, this was a deliberate decision on our part to use the PC partition format by default. i don't think it's one to be ashamed of. hpux's partitioning scheme wasn't appropriate, and there are more tools which understand pc partitioning than understand, say, sgi disklabels. -- Revolutions do not require corporate support.